Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Oxypoda
(
Podoxya
)
amica
Casey, 1906
(
Figs. 15–18
)
Oxypoda amica
Casey, 1906: 312
.
Ancillota sollemnis
Casey, 1910a: 165
,
syn. nov.
Oxypoda vetula
Casey, 1911a: 44
,
syn. nov.
Oxypoda neptis
Casey, 1911a: 50
,
syn. nov.
Oxypoda amica
:
Fenyes, 1920: 374
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
sollemnis
:
Fenyes, 1920: 226
(as valid species).
Oxypoda vetula
:
Fenyes, 1920: 375
(as valid species).
Oxypoda neptis
:
Fenyes, 1920: 375
(as valid species).
Oxypoda
(
Demosoma
)
schaefferi
Notman, 1920: 193
,
syn. nov.
Oxypoda
(
Demosoma
)
amica
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 759
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
sollemnis
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 677
(as valid species).
Oxypoda vetula
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 765
(as valid species).
Oxypoda neptis
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 764
(as valid species).
Oxypoda
(
Demosoma
)
schaefferi
:
Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 761
(as valid species).
Oxypoda amica
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 463
(as valid species).
Atheta
(
Acrotona
)
sollemnis
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 374
(as valid species).
Oxypoda vetula
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 467
(as valid species).
Oxypoda neptis
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 465
(as valid species).
Oxypoda schaefferi
:
Moore & Legner, 1975: 466
(as valid species).
Oxypoda amica
:
Seevers, 1978: 249
(as valid species).
Acrotona
(
Ancillota
)
sollemnis
:
Seevers, 1978: 256
(as valid species).
Oxypoda vetula
:
Seevers, 1978: 250
(as valid species).
Oxypoda neptis
:
Seevers, 1978: 250
(as valid species).
Oxypoda schaefferi
:
Seevers, 1978: 250
(as valid species).
Type material.
Lectotype
of
Oxypoda amica
(here designated):
♂
(mounted with a
Formica
specimen), “
Iowa
City Wickham”, “[ant] Nest IV”, “
amica
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39786” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Ancillota sollemnis
(here designated):
♂
, “Mo. [
Missouri
,
St. Louis
]”, “
Ancillota sollemnis
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39018” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Oxypoda vetula
(here designated):
♀
, “N.[ew] J.[ersey]”, “
vetula
2 PARATYPE USNM 39835” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Paralectotypes
:
♀
, “N.[ew] J.[ersey]”, “
vetula
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39835” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”
;
♀
, “N.[ew] J.[ersey]”, “
vetula
3 PARATYPE USNM 39835” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
)
.
Lectotype
of
Oxypoda neptis
(here designated):
♂
, “
Iowa
City
,
Ia
[Iowa]
Wickham
”, “
neptis
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39844” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Oxypoda schaefferi
(here designated):
♂
, “Windsor, Broome Co., N.[ew] Y.[ork] H.Notman
29 May 1918
”, “TYPE” (pink label), “
Oxypoda schaefferi
” (SIIS)
.
Paralectotype
:
♀
, “Windsor, Broome Co., N.[ew] Y.[ork] H.Notman
29 May 1918
”, “
PARATYPE
” (pink label), “
schaefferi
paratype
” (
SIIS
).
FIGURES 15–18.
Genitalia of
Oxypoda amica
Casey
(male, lectotype of
O. amica
(15–17); and female from 2.5 km N Lawrence (18)). 15 — median lobe, parameral view; 16 — median lobe with details of retracted internal sac, lateral view; 17 — median lobe with details of retracted internal sac, abparameral view; 18 — spermatheca. Scale bar 0.1 mm (18), 0.2 mm (15–17).
Additional material.
UNITED STATES
:
Kansas
:
Douglas Co.:
8 specimens
, 1.5 km N Lawrence, right bank of the
Kansas
River,
38º58.96’N
95º14.62’W
,
200 m
, in pile of rotting wood chips,
1.v.1999
(V.I.Gusarov) (
KSEM
,
SPSU
);
8 specimens
, 2.5 km N Lawrence, flood refuse at the
Kansas
River,
38º59.59’N
95º14.59’W
,
200 m
,
18.iv.1999
(V.I.Gusarov); Jefferson Co.:
3♂♂
,
♀
,
15 km
SSW Oskaloosa, Perry State Park –
Delaware
Area,
39º09.36’N
98º28.40’W
,
300 m
, sifting forest litter,
16.i.1999
(V.I.Gusarov) (
SPSU
);
Kentucky
:
Bell Co.:
5 specimens
,
12 km
NWW Middlesboro, Hwy. 74 & 3485,
36º37.8’N
83º51.9’W
,
800 m
, forest litter,
Quercus
,
Acer
,
16.iii.2001
(V.I.Gusarov) (
SPSU
);
Louisiana
:
Natchitoches Par.:
♂
, 1.5 mi. N Readhimer,
32º08’N
92º59’W
,
Geomys breviceps
burrow, baited (gopher feces and malt extract) pitfall,
16.i– 4.ii.2000
(P.Kovarik, A.Tishechkin & R.Turnbow) (
SPSU
);
North Carolina
:
Yancey Co.:
♀
,
21 km
S Burnsville, Hwy. 128,
35º43.42’N
82º16.97’W
,
1600 m
, forest litter,
Picea
,
Abies
,
Betula
,
Acer
,
Majanthemum
,
25.vi.2001
(V.I.Gusarov) (
SPSU
);
North Carolina
/
Tennessee
:
Mitchell Co. / Carter Co.:
♀
, Roan Road Pass,
29 km
SSE Elizabethton, Hwy. 143 / 261, Cherokee / Pisgah Nat. Forest,
36º06.3’N
82º06.8’W
,
1700 m
, forest litter,
Picea
,
Rhododendron
,
17.iii.2001
(V.I.Gusarov) (
SPSU
);
Tennessee
:
Campbell Co.:
8 specimens
, 19.5 km N La Follette, Pine Mountain,
36º33.5’N
84º07.7’W
,
600 m
, forest litter,
Quercus
,
16.iii.2001
(V.I.Gusarov); Carter Co.:
♂
,
29 km
SSE Elizabethton, Hwy. 143, Cherokee Nat. Forest,
36º06.8’N
82º06.1’W
,
1600 m
, forest litter,
Betula
,
Acer
,
17.iii.2001
(V.I.Gusarov); Fentress Co.:
1 specimen
,
20 km
NEE Jamestown, Hwy. 297,
36º28.39’N
84º43.05’W
,
500 m
, forest litter,
Quercus
,
16.iii.2001
(V.I.Gusarov); Scott Co.:
6 specimens
,
16 km
W Oneida, Hwy. 297, Bandy Creek,
36º28.5’N
84º41.3’W
,
400 m
, forest litter,
Quercus
,
Pinus
,
Rhododendron
,
16.iii.2001
(V.I.Gusarov); Sevier Co.:
♂
,
♀
,
7 km
SW Gatlinburg, Little River Rd., Malonei Point,
35º40.40’N
83º34.47’W
,
700 m
, on flowers of
Aruncus dioicus
,
1.vi.2001
(V.I.Gusarov) (
SPSU
).
Diagnosis.
Oxypoda amica
belongs to a group of Nearctic species with the copulatory piece of the internal sac extended in a long flagellum. Externally the species of this group are very similar, and
O. amica
can be recognized among them only by the distinct shape of the aedeagus (
Figs. 15–17
) and spermatheca (
Fig. 18
).
Discussion.
The
types
of
O. amica
,
Anc. sollemnis
,
O. vetula
,
O. neptis
and
O. schaefferi
are similar in external characters and in the shape of the aedeagus (including the sclerites of the internal sac) and spermatheca.
Distribution.
Oxypoda amica
is widespread in the eastern
United States
. It is known from
Iowa
,
Kansas
,
Missouri
,
Kentucky
,
New York
,
New Jersey
,
Tennessee
,
North Carolina
and
Louisiana
.